Car Show & Cruise Guide

Welcome to our June/July Issue

Diane and I went to Cruisin’ Ocean City for a couple of days and really enjoyed it. Typically, our spring trip is short, while we stay for a whole week in our friend’s beachfront condo in the fall. I really am glad I went to help at the Save the Hobby show at the Inlet lot on Thursday.

While I was there, I spotted a mid-engine Corvair that was a real sleeper until you looked it over. Residing where the back seat would have been was a Chevy V8 hooked to a 6-speed Porsche transaxle. Way cool…. So guess what? I’m sharing it with all of you as one of our featured cars in this issue. I remember in my youth some guys stuffed an Olds 455 in them, but this car is light-years ahead of those conversions. Check it out on page 36. Bruce Weeks did an amazing job putting the car together.

It seems like they had a fair amount of complainers and naysayers at Ocean City. If you behaved and attended the official events you had a great time and can’t wait to return. I’m willing to bet that most if not all of the registered attendees love it and really appreciate what Jackie and Meredith along with their families do to put on a great event. For those that had an issue, let’s look within folks…. what could you do to make this a better experience in the future? Just behave and respect the town so we can all have a place to go and relive our youth for many more years.

This is the third issue under new ownership and so far it seems to me nothing really has changed…. Guess that’s a good thing. The good people at the Custom & Classic Car Educational Foundation are starting to put their ideas into what the magazine will be. Hope you noticed that we are trying to reach the future of the hobby and feature vehicles that the under 30 crowd enjoy. We will continue to encourage you to “Take a Kid to a Car Show” and while you are at it how about showing the younger generation why you love your ride.

Want to join us in meeting our mission?

Reach out to me or Doug anytime. We welcome any help to Save the Hobby.

Happy Cruising,
Dave

Getting into our upcoming events…

We are proud to be participating in the Bel Air Town Derby on May 17. It is a Soap Box Derby race that will involve over 30 teams from various civic organizations and businesses in the Harford County area.

You’ve seen our entry at the East Coast Indoor Nationals and on our social media. We hope that you may come and support us at the event and check out the many other teams that are participating. Our spring car show this year is going to occur at Hopkins Farm Brewery up near Havre de Grace Maryland on Sunday, May 31. There will be food trucks, live entertainment and then we will have a 50-50 and some door prizes to share with everyone.

I’m looking forward to seeing you all out and about this year and as always,

See you on the return road,
Doug

Hey I thought I was supposed to be retired!

For those of you that missed my column in December, I’m now out of the magazine publishing business. But something’s wrong here folks, I find myself remaining as a Keyboard Warrior, and Delivery Boy.

I sold my boat magazine and planned to stay around for a year to help out. Still helping out with ads and deliveries six years later!

Well, after 16 years I decided to move on from this magazine and sold it to our Foundation for a buck at the end of last year. I promised to stay on for a year just like I did for the boat magazine. Now I’m thinking you just might be stuck with me for many more years. With almost 30 years in advertising and media production, I just can’t seem to give it up completely.

For now, I’m still handling everything but billing and accounting. What changed is the Custom & Classic Car Educational Foundation owns the publication and any net proceeds after expenses will directly go to help meet its mission.

Separate accounts are open for the magazine and Foundation so you can be assured any donations go directy to our mission.

Doug will be very transparent with listing our donations and how the funds are disbursed.

I remain a volunteer officer of the Foundation, and I remain as the manager putting the magazine together and delivering it for you. It’s still a labor of love of the hobby for now. Still semi-retired and doing what I want after all these years.

This magazine is still here for you, the readers, to keep you informed of what’s happening in your hobby. My message remains the same: support the advertisers who pay to be in this FREE publication. Support the shows and clubs that are listed in these pages, and send those free listings to: [email protected].

So, if your event is in our market area, the listing in these pages and on our site is FREE, folks. And we list every non- profit that gets the listing to me.

Happy Spring, Dave

Old Media for Old Guys! Cruise Guide Beats Facebook!

While we agree that Facebook posts help with your promotion and you need various media outlets to get a complete saturation, Face- book alone is not going to get you the results you are trying to get. We see several posts in our 2 groups (over 25,000 members) of events that the poster is either too lazy or just too forgetful to email into the magazine. Never could understand this, folks. Most FB posts only reach ten to twenty percent of the viewers. And in popular groups like ours, after a day or so many more are posted and yours just gets forgotten. Then it creeps further down the page.

The Car Show & Cruise Guide is considered the area’s best source for events, shows, news and services all in one place. With our 15,000 readers of the magazine, and 100,000 visitors to our site, and to those 25,000 FB fans, we are your best bet to reach your target audience. And unlike many other online or Facebook opportunities you might find, we are your most cost effective media outlet in our market area.

Our business ads in the magazine are very reason- able and can also appear on the website. Non-profit rates apply to advertise your show or club events. AND anyone in our market area is welcome to send your FREE show listings to us (if it’s in our market area, it runs). We don’t pick and choose who gets that free space. Doesn’t matter if you have a show on the same date as one of our events… it still runs. BUT you must send in the listing or copy of your flyer to Dave@ carcruiseguide.com to be included.

Let us help make your business or event more successful in 2026- Send your events or contact us today to be included on our site or in an upcoming issue.

Advertising: Dave 410-937-6866 | [email protected]

Etiquette at Car Events

This article might be better titled “How to Act in Public”, but I digress and as my wife says, just because I think something is right or wrong, doesn’t make it so. So, take this article as one man’s rant on a subject that should not have to be said.

It truly amazes me as I watch some people at Concours, Museums, Car Shows, Auctions and other car related events and displays. The lack of respect by a few makes it frustrating for the rest. The most obvious is the touching of someone else’s automobile. Don’t do it or even pretend to do it. It is not your property and certainly not your right to touch it. Do not open the doors, hood or trunk unless the owner asks you to (which is unlikely). Definitely don’t lean on the car while taking your picture with it, and running boards are not for you or your children to stand on for a photo op. I hear people say to an owner, its ok I have one just like it. No, it’s not ok and that does not matter. I am still amazed that most events pass out lanyards to attendees that are on long cords that when an attendee leans down to check out a car, guess what? The lanyard rubs against the car. It’s not by Randy Lammey the attendee’s fault, but something to be aware of when looking at someone else’s vehicle. Are there stanchions and ropes around the vehicle? I can’t tell you how many times someone will step over the rope and say, “I just wanted to get a closer look”. I always think there must have been a sign somewhere that said, these ropes or stanchions are in place only for those who do not want a closer look. If your children are attending with you (which we highly encourage), please keep an eye on them. Let’s get them started in the hobby on the right foot. That means no running around the vehicles. There could be oil or other fluid spills that create a slip and fall hazard. Also, teach them the no touching or standing on the car rules…lead by example with them.

Lastly, just because you know a lot about cars or you see flaws in the car you are looking at, don’t be the person who has to loudly point out said flaws or even incorrect items on the car. It’s not your place and it doesn’t make you look like the smartest guy at the event.

Sorry for the rant, just thought it was something that needed to be addressed. Please respect other people possessions and we can all enjoy the beauty of these classics for many years to come.

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